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Originally Posted by sir_pudding
Yeah, but then we are back to the "abstract space-faring civilization" that the OP isn't asking about. The political status quo of Earth as it is simply doesn't care about space travel and is pathologically afraid of nuclear reactors.
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No, Western countries are pathologically afraid of nuclear reactors.
I could see Japan, China, India or Russia all deciding to use nuclear pulse, altho Japan probably wouldn't use it in atmo...they (the Japanese) would most likely use laser-launch to boost anything to orbit, and
then light off the drives.